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Like the sparrow huddled against the cold
She lay against her grief
Outside the ground was frozen
Like the winter in her heart
Each breath a sullen reminder
That she would have to go on without your love
The panic rising up inside her
Never again to hear your voice
The...

Wings of love, set us free
To ever see
What we can be.
Caring, sharing, being kind
Loving fully
All the time.
Giving in another's need
Reaping well
From harvest's seed.
As small deeds sown
Grow strong with time
Kindness soon will blossom fine.
Wings of love, set us...

The after image,
is precisely burned into my retinas.
But fleeting,so fleeting,
growing ever fainter,
with each moments passing.
Squeezing my eyes tighter,
will not bring it back,
to open them,
is to end it all.
In the dark,
with the fading remnants,
of my last...